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1958 / 4 / 16
To the Honorable Director of the Baghdad Province Municipality
Greetings and respect,
Reference to your letter number ⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧
We inform you that the lease agreement had been concluded between the aforementioned municipality
and us on 54/8/8 regarding ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ the contract does not agree to any changes
was among the terms of the contract, and in your opinion ⟦...⟧
on the rental of houses for the year 1957 - 1958
⟦...⟧ noting the estimates and the required tax
Please accept our highest respect
Sincerely
A copy to:
1) Real Estate Rent Estimation Committee - Baghdad Province Governorate -
For your kind information.
⟦illegible⟧
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Gentlemen of the Council
On the occasion of ⟦...⟧ re-evaluating our rents
in the Mahdiya district (formerly Al-Wataniya), the lease
agreement expires on ⟦...⟧ 3/31/57
As we have also informed the Director of non-acceptance of the
appraisers' decision now if we agree on a new fee
The current shop rent is 400 Dinars
And on it the rent of some plots attached to the building
in an approximate amount of 1000 Dinars. I request
assigning consideration of the matter to form a committee
newly to re-evaluate the fee
With appreciation
⟦illegible⟧
2/24
We approve ⟦...⟧ the proposal
according to the due process
⟦illegible⟧
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7154
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province / Center
Contracts
No. /
Date: 3/ ⟦...⟧ /1957
Presidency of the General Provincial Council
- Mutasarrifate of Baghdad Province -
Please kindly inform us what actions should be taken regarding the letter of the Presidency of the
Jewish Community in Baghdad No. 3842 dated 3/10/1957, noting
that the community does not agree to carry out any repairs in the Al-Mahdiya Primary School
building for boys and that the lease agreement expires on 3/31/1957, and inform us.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarahghouli
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to:
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad - for information.
Administration of Al-Mahdiya School for Boys - regarding your letter No. 38 dated 3/6/1957
for information.
Contracts Supervisor - for follow-up.
Nasser / 13
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Contracts
Urgent
D V 2
No. /
Date 22 / 2 / 1957
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We confirm our letter No. 4362 dated 16 / 2 / 1957 and request the speeding up
of the repairs indicated therein in the building of Al-Mahdiya Primary School for Boys as quickly
as possible, otherwise we will carry them out ourselves and deduct the necessary costs from the rent.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to:
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Governorate - for your information.
Administration of Al-Mahdiya Primary School for Boys - Please inform us whether
the Jewish Community has carried out the repairs in the building or not so that we may
take the necessary steps to carry them out.
Contracts Observer - for follow-up.
Nasser / 2
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Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province / Center
Contracts
Number /:
Date /: 12 / 8 / 1957
Administration of Bani Said Primary School for Boys
Your letter No. 154 dated 27 / 7 / 1957.
The Secretary of the Presidency of the Jewish Community attended this Directorate and promised that
he would repair the stairs in your school building. Please be advised.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to - .
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad / Your community secretary has promised to repair the stairs
in the Bani Said school building, and we hope to instruct its repair as quickly as possible and inform us
Contracts Observer - for follow-up
Qais Ahmed
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Administration
Al-Bataween School
Tel 85478
Number: 252
Date: 28 / 8 / 1957
Subject:
Regarding school renovation
To
The Directorate of Education of the Baghdad Center District
The Respected
Your letter numbered 10896 and dated 28 / 4 / 1957
Addressed to the Presidency of the Jewish Community, a copy of which
was sent to us.
We would like to point out that the street located in front of
the school ⟦Administration⟧ gate is not responsible for the maintenance
of the ⟦mentioned⟧ pavement in view of the large number of deep holes and its unsuitability
for traffic after official working hours.
Qudsiya Abdul Haq
The Principal
A copy to:
The Presidency of the Jewish Community
" For your kind information.
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Baghdad Province Education Directorate / Center
Contracts
Ordinary
No. /
Date 7 / 7 / 1957
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We reiterate our letter No. 13565 dated 20 / 6 / 1957 and request the execution
of the repairs needed for the Bani Said School for Boys building, the details of which
are mentioned in our aforementioned letter, as quickly as possible and within ten days from the date
of your receipt of this letter of ours, and inform us.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to:
Administration of Bani Said School - for Boys - for information.
Contracts Observer - for follow-up.
Rox/
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School
Al-Mahdiya Primary School for Boys
Baghdad
No.: 108
Date: 27 / 7 / 1957
Subject: Renovation of the school building
To
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Central District.
Primary Accounts
Your letter No. 17576 - dated 2 / 7 / 957
The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad has carried out renovations according to ⟦as stated in⟧
your aforementioned letter.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Majeed Al-Kinani
Principal of Al-Mahdiya School for Boys
Copy to:-
Presidency of the Jewish Community
File
⟦signature⟧
Schools
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Vocational School
for Boys
Number 71
Date ⟦1/12/1958⟧
Attachment
Directorate of Education, Baghdad District Center
We send you the appraisal lists for seizing a ⟦ruined⟧ house that the Israelite
community
⟦leased⟧ ⟦...⟧
Please kindly state ⟦opinion⟧ ⟦...⟧
With much thanks
Director of the Vocational School for Boys
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His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, the respected
Subject: Bani Said Elementary School
(formerly Munshi School)
Based on the instructions of the Secretary, Mr. Naji Chachak, we have inspected the mentioned school
with the aim of replacing the wooden staircase. This dilapidated wooden staircase can be replaced with an I-beam and masonry staircase
and it shall be as follows
| Dinar | Fils
1- A complete staircase with I-beams, masonry, railing, and casting the steps with polished concrete and pointing | 45 | ⟦line⟧
Subtract the price of the existing wood | 5 | ⟦line⟧
Net | 40 | ⟦line⟧
This is for your order
The Engineer
Saleh Yusuf
25 / 8 / 57
His Excellency the Chairman
I request approval
⟦illegible signature⟧
26 / 8
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
⟦illegible⟧
No. T /: 7825 / 57
Date: 13 / 2 / 1957
Subject:
19
His Excellency, Director of Prince Abdullah Hospital for Chest Diseases, Respected
After greetings
The patient Fakhriya Ezra is suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and requires treatment in
your hospital, please order her admission, and please accept our highest respect
⟦Written⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting Head of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number T / ⟦57/7847⟧
Date 14 / 3 / 1957
Subject ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Director of Prince Abdul Ilah Hospital for Chest Diseases, Respected
After greetings
Reference to our letter No. T / 57/3825 dated 13 / 2 / 1957
Please admit the patient Fakhriya Ezra into your hospital in the private department and charge the fees to
this Presidency until your hospital is able to admit her to the free department.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Health
Directorate
Prince Abdul Ilah Hospital for Chest Diseases
Statistics Division
Switchboard 9026
9027
9028
Number /: 1024
Date /: 137 / / AH
14 / 3 / 1957 AD
To the Presidency of the Hospital Patient Admissions Committee
Subject: Chest
Patient Fakhriya Ezra
We refer you to our letter No. 775 dated 20 / 2 / 1957.
We list a copy of the letter from the Presidency of the Jewish Community No. Z / 3843 / 57
dated 14 / 3 / 1957 regarding the patient Fakhriya Ezra as per jurisdiction
and taking necessary action regarding her..
Director of Prince Abdul Ilah Hospital
Dr. Hashim Allawi
Copy to / -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - their above letter
Tuberculosis Control Directorate
Statistics
His Excellency the Director of Prince Abdul Ilah Hospital for Chest Diseases
Greetings,
With reference to our letter Z / 3825 / 57 on 13 / 2 / 1957, please
admit the patient Fakhriya Ezra to the private section of your hospital and charge the fees
to this Presidency until it is possible for your hospital to admit her to the free section.
Signed Rabbi Sassoon Khadoori
Acting President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
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Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Baghdad on 8 / 8 / 1958
To -
The Fundraising Committee for the Fire Victims
Via - The Iraqi Republican Broadcasting Station
Greetings and respect
I have the honor to present to your esteemed committee a check in the amount of one hundred dinars
as a donation for the fire victims.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Head of the Mosaic Community
Enclosed is the check
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Number T/57/2844 Subject
Date 10 / 3 / 1957
Telephone Number ( 3531 President
5452 Secretary
His Excellency the Director of the Central Telephone Department, Respected
After greetings
Reference to your letter No. T 1 / 186 / 2201 dated 20 / 2 / 1957
We have previously clarified in our letter No. T / 3814 / 57 dated 27 / 1 / 57 the non-existence of a branch
for the telephone referred to in your letter. Since, as it appears in your aforementioned letter, there is a record for this
branch, please cancel it and strike it from your records, with us bearing the value of the device. Please also adjust
your bill for settlement ⟦line⟧ .
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Community
Administration
Response of the Jewish Community
⟦illegible⟧
17 / 3
File ⟦illegible⟧
2 / 3
⟦illegible⟧
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Central Telephones Directorate
"First Subscribers Division"
Number / T / 1 / 186 /
Date 2 / 2 / 1957
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
With reference to your letter No. T / 3814 / 57 dated 27 / 1 / 1957, our records indicate the
existence of an external extension on the telephone numbered (83531), as we previously explained to you in our letter numbered
T / 1 / 186 / 11812 dated 29 / 8 / 956, and the inspector's report confirms the existence of the external
extension; however, it has been lost by you. Therefore, we must be informed of how this
extension was disposed of, and we will continue to demand the fees due on it if you do not wish to remove it.
⟦Presidency of the Mosaic Community⟧
Central Telephones Director
Abdul Razzaq / 17 /
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
No. T/: 57/ ⟦...⟧
Date: 1/27/1957
Subject:
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧
His Excellency the Honorable Director of Central Telephones
After greetings,
Reference to your list numbered 1077 and dated 1/1/957
Please refer to our letter numbered 3763 and dated 11/2/956, in which we informed you
that there is no trace of the section mentioned in your above list, and we requested the cancellation of the claim
for its fees; accordingly, please amend your list based on this and submit a new list for settlement.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
⟦Abdul Razzaq / 17 /⟧
Number 3811 / T / ⟦illegible⟧
Date 21 / 7 / 961
Committee for the Liquidation of Property of Jews Whose Iraqi Citizenship has been Revoked
Financial Department
Subject - Withdrawal of amounts from frozen accounts
23 FEB 57
We send you herewith check number 75 / 7611 dated 25 / 7 / 3186 in the amount of ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars drawn on the
Central Bank of Iraq to your order and paid from account (16568), whose funds are frozen under Law No. 5 of 1951.
Please receive the mentioned amount and credit it as income to our account opened with you under number 381 / 61811 / T
and provide us with a copy of the receipt so that we can settle the entry in our records and inform us upon your receipt of the
mentioned amount, with appreciation.
Director of Central Liquidations
On behalf of the Property Liquidation Committee
71 / N End Abd
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⟦Director⟧ of the Central Inspection Department - Baghdad
Reference to your list numbered 1077 and dated 8/8/⟦57⟧
Please refer to our letter numbered 762 and dated ⟦17/8/57⟧
stating that there is no trace of the division mentioned in your list above
and we requested the cancellation of the claim for its fees and for execution, and therefore
please adjust your list accordingly and submit a new list with the
correct amount.
Please accept our highest regards and respect.
The President
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Honorable Mr. Asher Atarqi
Basra
I offer you my condolences on the passing of your brother, may God encompass him in His mercies and grant you and your brothers patience and solace.
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Head of the Israelite Community
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Head of the Israelite Community - Baghdad
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Phone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T / 2868 / 57
Date: 28 / 5 / 1957
22
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Directorate of the Serum and Vaccine Institute
Royal Hospital
Greetings,
Please provide us with the protective vaccine against typhoid to inject the students of Frank
Iny and Al-Elmia Schools, noting that the total number of students is 750 students.
With our highest respect,
⟦sigh⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri
Acting President of the Community
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The Iraqi Government
Directorate of Health of the Capital
No. - 5805
Date - 23 / 5 / 1956
To
⟦Ministry⟧ of Health - Directorate of General Preventive
and Social Medicine
Subject - Burial in the Jewish Cemetery
⟦line⟧
Reference to your letter No. 11287 on 8 / 4 / 1956.
Please consider our letter No. 1071 dated 12 / 4 / 1956 cancelled and do not approach the responsible authorities to prevent burial
in the Jewish Cemetery located in Al-Koulat neighborhood - Sheikh Omar Street - Sequence 142 / 326.
However, we kindly ask you to contact the responsible authorities regarding fencing the collapsed part of the old cemetery wall
on the side adjacent to the building being constructed by the Directorate of General Subsistence to be its bakery. We also kindly ask you to contact
the responsible authorities to fill the swamp located next to the collapsed part of the cemetery wall.
Dr. Hashim Barakat
Director of Health of the Capital
Copy to -
Ministry of Social Affairs - regarding repairing the collapsed cemetery wall
Mayoralty of the Capital - regarding filling the swamp adjacent to the cemetery
Sanitary Engineering Division
Mortality Division
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Iraqi Government
Directorate of Capital Health
Number - 5805
Date - 23 / 5 / 1956
To
⟦Ministry of Health⟧ - Directorate of General Preventive
and Social Medicine
Subject - Burial in the Jewish Cemetery
Reference to your letter numbered 11287 on 8 / 4 / 1956.
Please consider our letter numbered 1071 and dated 12 / 4 / 956 as cancelled, and do not approach the responsible authorities regarding the prohibition of burial
in the Jewish cemetery located in the Al-Kulat neighborhood - Sheikh Omar Street - Sequence 326 / 142.
However, we kindly ask you to contact the responsible authorities regarding the fencing of the collapsed part of the old cemetery wall
in the area adjacent to the building being constructed by the Directorate of General Subsistence to be used as its bakery. We also kindly ask you to contact
the responsible authorities to fill the swamp located next to the collapsed part of the cemetery wall.
Dr. Hashim Barakat
Director of Capital Health
A copy to:-
Ministry of Social Affairs - regarding the repair of the collapsed cemetery wall
Mayoralty of the Capital - regarding filling the swamp adjacent to the cemetery
Sanitary Engineering Division
Mortality Division